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ea0028p94 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2012

A case of parathyroid carcinoma presenting as primary hyperparathyroidism in a young female subsequently diagnosed with Hyperparathyroidism- Jaw Tumour Syndrome

Asher William , Sivakumaran Darshi , Nithiyananthan Ratnasingam

A 27-year-old female presented with severe lethargy; she was found to have hypercalcaemia with corrected calcium of 3.27 mmol/L and biochemistry suggestive of primary hyperparathyroidism (PTH–64.7 umol/L [1.5–7.5 pmol/L]). She had no notable family history of endocrinopathies or malignancies. Imaging suggested two possible parathyroid adenomas at the upper and lower poles of the posterior right lobe of the thyroid and she was referred for surgical intervention. Intra...